Graduate School in Chemistry?
Let’s first clear up two common misconceptions about graduate school in chemistry. First, you will not go into debt going to graduate school – rather you will get paid! You won’t make as much as someone working for a company, but graduate students typically earn in the neighborhood of $20,000 per year. Second, you will not be taking tough classes for four or five years. You will most likely finish your classes in one year, and the rest of your time will be spent doing research. So if you get some research experience as an undergraduate, you will have a pretty good idea of what it’s like to be a graduate student. Now, are you better off going to graduate school or directly to work for a company? Two primary considerations are level of responsibility and salary. As a B.S. chemist, you will likely be a bench chemist or technician, answering to a Ph.D. chemist, and it will likely be difficult to move up in the company from this position. You might like this just fine, and you will be makin
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